Tissue culture as a plant production system for horticultural crops

1. Front Matter

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2. Introductory Lectures

   1. Principles of Plant Tissue Culture

      • R. A. De Fossard

      Pages 1-13

   2. The Application of Tissue Culture to Plant Improvement and Propagation in the Ornamental Horticulture Industry

      • Irwin Y. E. Chu

      Pages 15-33

3. New Technology

   1. New Technologies in Plant Tissue Culture

      • W. Jan Rowe

      Pages 35-51

   2. Plug Systems for Micropropagules

      • D. D. McCown

      Pages 53-60

   3. Totipotent Suspensions as a Means of Multiplication

      • A. D. Krikorian, R. P. Kann, Stefania A. O’Connor, Mindy S. Fitter

      Pages 61-72

4. Phenotypic and Genotypic Stability

   1. Phenotypic and Genotypic Stability of Tissue Cultured Plants

      • D. A. Evans, J. E. Bravo

      Pages 73-94

   2. Summary of Panel Discussion on Phenotypic and Genotypic Stability of Tissue Cultured Plants

      • D. A. Evans, I. Y. E. Chu, R. D. Hartman, H. J. Swartz

      Pages 95-96

5. Pathogen Detection and Elimination

   1. Pathogen Detection and Elimination

      • Roger H. Lawson

      Pages 97-117

   2. Production of Culture Virus-Indexed Geraniums

      • Wendy Oglevee-O’Donovan

      Pages 119-123

   3. Diagnosis of Plant Viruses Using Double-Stranded RNA

      • Ramon L. Jordan

      Pages 125-134

   4. Pathogen Indexing in Large-Scale Propagation of Florist Crops

      • Boligala C. Raju, Jane C. Trolinger

      Pages 135-138

   5. Certification of Horticultural Crops--A State Perspective

      • L. M. Goff

      Pages 139-146

6. Plant Quarantine

   1. Plant Quarantine and International Shipment of Tissue Culture Plants

      • Robert P. Kahn

      Pages 147-164

   2. Summary of Panel Discussion on Plant Quarantines and International Shipment of Tissue Cultured Plants

      • R. P. Kahn, J. Van Aartrijk, L. K. C. Clay, R. A. De Fossard, G. Hennen

      Pages 165-166

7. Economics

   1. Determining and Minimizing Production Costs

      • Alvan Donnan Jr.

      Pages 167-173

   2. Determining Markets and Market Potential of Horticultural Crops

      • J. B. Jones

      Pages 175-182

8. Fruit, Nut, and Vegetables Crops

   1. Propagation of Fruit, Nut, and Vegetable Crops — Overview

      • Richard H. Zimmerman

      Pages 183-200

   2. Small Fruit and Grape Tissue Culture from 1980 to 1985: Commercialization of the Technique

      • Harry Jan Swartz, Jon T. Lindstrom

      Pages 201-220

   3. Temperate Fruits and Nuts

      • F. A. Hammerschlag

      Pages 221-236

In 1980, a conference on tissue culture of fruit crops was held at Beltsville to summarize the current status of this technology and to stimulate interest in it among research scientists, students, and commercial producers in the U. S. Interest in that conference and the proceedings from it far exceeded the expectations of the organizing committee. Since that time, micropropagation of fruit crops in the U. S. has increased significantly, but still lags far behind applications to production of ornamental plants. Within the past two years, a number of new laboratories have been established and some of the existing laboratories have expanded to a size far larger than any previously anticipated. Creation of new laboratories capable of producing more than 400,000 plants per week will test the ingenuity of laboratory managers and the skills of marketing departments. In recent years, numerous symposia have been held on various aspects of biotechnology and genetic engineering. Although micro propagation is the key to providing large numbers of genetically engineered plants, it is a topic that has been relegated to a minor position, or ignored completely, at such meetings. Accordingly, the time seemed propitious for a conference devoted solely to all aspects of micropropagation as applicable to horticultural crops.

• Fruit
• Genotyp
• Pathogen
• Plantation
• RNA
• orchid
• plant
• plant tissue culture
• plants

• ARS, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, USA

  Richard H. Zimmerman, Robert J. Griesbach, Freddi A. Hammerschlag, Roger H. Lawson

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